| Madagascar cuckoo | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Cuculus |
| Species: | C. rochii
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| Binomial name | |
| Cuculus rochii Hartlaub, 1863
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The Madagascar cuckoo or Madagascan cuckoo (Cuculus rochii), also known as the Madagascar lesser cuckoo, is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. Though it breeds only in Madagascar, it spends the non-breeding season in a number of countries in the African Great Lakes region and the Indian Ocean islands: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cuculus rochii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683893A93006192. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683893A93006192.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.